Script Steps Reference

140 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
Description
Produces speech from text. You can enter a literal text string or use a calculation to create
the text to be spoken. You can also specify which voice synthesizer to use and whether
or not to wait for the speech to be completed, before continuing with the next script step.
If the database is opened on a non-speaking computer, the script can still be edited, but
only the default voice synthesizer is available. Speak script steps are not executed when
the script is run on a non-speaking computer.
Example
The following script checks a database to see if all records have phone numbers entered,
audibly notifies the user when it finds one missing, and waits so the user can enter one if
desired.
Go to Record/Request/Page [First]
Loop
If [IsEmpty(Contacts::PhoneNumberField)]
Speak ["Phone number is missing"]
Pause/Resume Script [Indefinitely]
End If
Go to Record/Request/Page [Next; Exit after last]
End Loop
Dial Phone
Format
Dial Phone [No dialog; <phone number>]
Options
• Perform without dialog prevents the Dial Phone dialog box from displaying when
the script step executes.
•Click Specify to display the “Dial Phone” Options dialog box where you can set the
following options.
• Phone Number lets you enter a phone number to dial.
• Specify lets you create a calculation to generate the phone number.
• Use Dialing Preferences (if NDISWAN TAPI is not installed) tells FileMaker Pro
to use the current phone dialing preferences, based on your location. These
preferences remove, insert, and append digits to phone numbers, as when a
dialing prefix is required in a business setting. This option can apply to phone
numbers provided from a field value or to a number that the user enters. (If TAPI is
installed, modem and dialing preferences are set in the Phone Dialer accessory
application.)